A merg­er be­tween Etelä-Savon Vi­estin­tä and Sanoma Lehti­me­dia cre­at­ed Kaakon Vi­estin­tä, one of the biggest me­dia groups in Fin­land. To make the most of syn­er­gies and sav­ings both com­pa­nies sys­tems had to be in­te­grat­ed as quick­ly as pos­si­ble.

Kaakon Vi­estin­tä Oy is a South­east­ern Fin­land based Me­dia Com­pa­ny found­ed on the 1st Jan­u­ary 2015 which pub­lish­es sev­er­al lo­cal and city news­pa­pers, web­sites and has print­ing and dis­tri­b­u­tion busi­ness­es.

Any­graaf is a sea­soned part­ner in even the largest of sys­tems in­te­gra­tion projects. Deep knowl­edge of the in­dus­try and com­pat­i­ble prod­ucts cou­pled with project man­age­ment skills help cus­tomers re­al­ize quick­ly the best re­turns on their in­vest­ments. Any­graaf strives first and fore­most to be the strate­gic part­ner to her cus­tomers. When cus­tomers sys­tems func­tion ef­fi­cient­ly and they thrive, so does Anay­graaf.

”With the merg­er, Lehti­me­dia’s sys­tems were up­dat­ed to match those in use else­where in the Group. The choice was easy as both par­ties had a long his­to­ry of co­op­er­a­tion with Any­graaf. On the Sanoma side the ed­i­to­r­i­al sys­tem Doris had been in use and there was al­so ex­pe­ri­ence with CProf­it, the dis­tri­b­u­tion sys­tem from Any­graaf. On the ad side we were us­ing an old Atex sys­tem which was near­ing the end of its life­cy­cle. A nat­ur­al step was to up­grade it to Any­graaf’s AProf­it sys­tem”, says the CIO of Kaakon Vi­estin­tä, Lasse Palmi­nen.

A tight sched­ule

All the changes were sched­uled am­bi­tious­ly, which set great de­mands on the ex­pert or­ga­ni­za­tions on both the cus­tomer and sup­pli­er side. The whole sys­tems in­te­gra­tion project was to be fin­ished in sev­en months. The whole un­der­tak­ing be­gan in May 2014 and con­sist­ed of 105 sep­a­rate projects.

All the projects were con­clud­ed by the end of the year. Every one of the ten strong Kaakon Vi­estin­tä ICT team led on av­er­age ten projects each. This kind of squeeze re­quires skill and a com­mit­ted man­age­ment team. The swift con­clu­sion of projects meant less time with over­lap­ping sys­tem and the dou­bled costs as­so­ci­at­ed with them.

”A suc­cess­ful project re­lies on open­ness. You tell your sup­pli­er what you are do­ing and what you re­al­ly want, what is the ob­jec­tive and what is im­por­tant. Our col­lab­o­ra­tion with Any­graaf went well and our con­fi­dence in them re­mained high through­out”, says Palmi­nen.

”Trust stems from both par­ties mak­ing good on their promis­es and be­ing on sched­ule, but al­so from the sup­pli­ers abil­i­ty to un­der­stand what the cus­tomer needs, even if not every­thing has been spec­i­fied to the last dec­i­mal. In our case the project’s sched­ule and bud­get held and our co­op­er­a­tion with Any­graaf re­mains sol­id”, con­tin­ues Palmi­nen.

In­dus­try ex­per­tise is key

In­dus­try ex­per­tise has been cru­cial in tight ex­e­cu­tion sched­ules. The fact that Any­graaf is a rec­og­nized ex­pert in pub­lish­ing was an im­por­tant fac­tor Kaakon Vi­estin­tä’s choice of part­ner.

”In­dus­try ex­per­tise was vi­tal for our project. Any­graaf knows every de­tail of the process of pub­lish­ing a news­pa­per”, says Palmi­nen.

Mod­ern sys­tems are more than a col­lec­tion of dif­fer­ent prod­ucts. To­geth­er they form a wide­ly com­pat­i­ble, mod­u­lar sys­tem. A cus­tomer’s sys­tem can be built one block at a time. Any­graaf’s prod­ucts are ca­pa­ble of han­dling sev­er­al prod­ucts and chan­nels. The sys­tem is com­plete­ly open and trans­par­ent. Thanks to this, re­source man­age­ment is more ef­fi­cient and this re­sults in cost sav­ings. In the case of Kaakon Vi­estin­tä, the ed­i­to­r­i­al plan­ning can be done in one place, nor­mal­ly for three prod­ucts but at times for up to nine pub­li­ca­tions at the same time.

Ben­e­fits of com­pat­i­ble sys­tems

”In our case the best fea­ture of Any­graaf’s prod­ucts is that the ad and ed­i­to­r­i­al sys­tems are cre­at­ed to func­tion seam­less­ly to­geth­er. The fact that our dis­tri­b­u­tion and cus­tomer ser­vice sys­tems be­long to the same fam­i­ly of prod­ucts does no harm ei­ther”, mus­es Palmi­nen.

Ac­cord­ing to Palmi­nen, a strate­gic part­ner­ship with Any­graaf is re­al­i­ty.

”When all your pa­pers, me­dia pro­duc­tion, cus­tomer ser­vice and dis­tri­b­u­tion run on one ven­dors sys­tems and that part­ner­ship de­liv­ers tan­gi­ble re­sults - that’s what I call a re­al strate­gic part­ner­ship”, sums Palmi­nen and smiles.

A merg­er be­tween Etelä-Savon Vi­estin­tä and Sanoma Lehti­me­dia cre­at­ed Kaakon Vi­estin­tä, one of the biggest me­dia groups in Fin­land. To make the most of syn­er­gies and sav­ings both com­pa­nies sys­tems had to be in­te­grat­ed as quick­ly as pos­si­ble.

Kaakon Vi­estin­tä Oy is a South­east­ern Fin­land based Me­dia Com­pa­ny found­ed on the 1st Jan­u­ary 2015 which pub­lish­es sev­er­al lo­cal and city news­pa­pers, web­sites and has print­ing and dis­tri­b­u­tion busi­ness­es.

Any­graaf is a sea­soned part­ner in even the largest of sys­tems in­te­gra­tion projects. Deep knowl­edge of the in­dus­try and com­pat­i­ble prod­ucts cou­pled with project man­age­ment skills help cus­tomers re­al­ize quick­ly the best re­turns on their in­vest­ments. Any­graaf strives first and fore­most to be the strate­gic part­ner to her cus­tomers. When cus­tomers sys­tems func­tion ef­fi­cient­ly and they thrive, so does Anay­graaf.

”With the merg­er, Lehti­me­dia’s sys­tems were up­dat­ed to match those in use else­where in the Group. The choice was easy as both par­ties had a long his­to­ry of co­op­er­a­tion with Any­graaf. On the Sanoma side the ed­i­to­r­i­al sys­tem Doris had been in use and there was al­so ex­pe­ri­ence with CProf­it, the dis­tri­b­u­tion sys­tem from Any­graaf. On the ad side we were us­ing an old Atex sys­tem which was near­ing the end of its life­cy­cle. A nat­ur­al step was to up­grade it to Any­graaf’s AProf­it sys­tem”, says the CIO of Kaakon Vi­estin­tä, Lasse Palmi­nen.

A tight sched­ule

All the changes were sched­uled am­bi­tious­ly, which set great de­mands on the ex­pert or­ga­ni­za­tions on both the cus­tomer and sup­pli­er side. The whole sys­tems in­te­gra­tion project was to be fin­ished in sev­en months. The whole un­der­tak­ing be­gan in May 2014 and con­sist­ed of 105 sep­a­rate projects.

All the projects were con­clud­ed by the end of the year. Every one of the ten strong Kaakon Vi­estin­tä ICT team led on av­er­age ten projects each. This kind of squeeze re­quires skill and a com­mit­ted man­age­ment team. The swift con­clu­sion of projects meant less time with over­lap­ping sys­tem and the dou­bled costs as­so­ci­at­ed with them.

”A suc­cess­ful project re­lies on open­ness. You tell your sup­pli­er what you are do­ing and what you re­al­ly want, what is the ob­jec­tive and what is im­por­tant. Our col­lab­o­ra­tion with Any­graaf went well and our con­fi­dence in them re­mained high through­out”, says Palmi­nen.

”Trust stems from both par­ties mak­ing good on their promis­es and be­ing on sched­ule, but al­so from the sup­pli­ers abil­i­ty to un­der­stand what the cus­tomer needs, even if not every­thing has been spec­i­fied to the last dec­i­mal. In our case the project’s sched­ule and bud­get held and our co­op­er­a­tion with Any­graaf re­mains sol­id”, con­tin­ues Palmi­nen.

In­dus­try ex­per­tise is key

In­dus­try ex­per­tise has been cru­cial in tight ex­e­cu­tion sched­ules. The fact that Any­graaf is a rec­og­nized ex­pert in pub­lish­ing was an im­por­tant fac­tor Kaakon Vi­estin­tä’s choice of part­ner.

”In­dus­try ex­per­tise was vi­tal for our project. Any­graaf knows every de­tail of the process of pub­lish­ing a news­pa­per”, says Palmi­nen.

Mod­ern sys­tems are more than a col­lec­tion of dif­fer­ent prod­ucts. To­geth­er they form a wide­ly com­pat­i­ble, mod­u­lar sys­tem. A cus­tomer’s sys­tem can be built one block at a time. Any­graaf’s prod­ucts are ca­pa­ble of han­dling sev­er­al prod­ucts and chan­nels. The sys­tem is com­plete­ly open and trans­par­ent. Thanks to this, re­source man­age­ment is more ef­fi­cient and this re­sults in cost sav­ings. In the case of Kaakon Vi­estin­tä, the ed­i­to­r­i­al plan­ning can be done in one place, nor­mal­ly for three prod­ucts but at times for up to nine pub­li­ca­tions at the same time.

Ben­e­fits of com­pat­i­ble sys­tems

”In our case the best fea­ture of Any­graaf’s prod­ucts is that the ad and ed­i­to­r­i­al sys­tems are cre­at­ed to func­tion seam­less­ly to­geth­er. The fact that our dis­tri­b­u­tion and cus­tomer ser­vice sys­tems be­long to the same fam­i­ly of prod­ucts does no harm ei­ther”, mus­es Palmi­nen.

Ac­cord­ing to Palmi­nen, a strate­gic part­ner­ship with Any­graaf is re­al­i­ty.

”When all your pa­pers, me­dia pro­duc­tion, cus­tomer ser­vice and dis­tri­b­u­tion run on one ven­dors sys­tems and that part­ner­ship de­liv­ers tan­gi­ble re­sults - that’s what I call a re­al strate­gic part­ner­ship”, sums Palmi­nen and smiles.

A merg­er be­tween Etelä-Savon Vi­estin­tä and Sanoma Lehti­me­dia cre­at­ed Kaakon Vi­estin­tä, one of the biggest me­dia groups in Fin­land. To make the most of syn­er­gies and sav­ings both com­pa­nies sys­tems had to be in­te­grat­ed as quick­ly as pos­si­ble.

Kaakon Vi­estin­tä Oy is a South­east­ern Fin­land based Me­dia Com­pa­ny found­ed on the 1st Jan­u­ary 2015 which pub­lish­es sev­er­al lo­cal and city news­pa­pers, web­sites and has print­ing and dis­tri­b­u­tion busi­ness­es.

Any­graaf is a sea­soned part­ner in even the largest of sys­tems in­te­gra­tion projects. Deep knowl­edge of the in­dus­try and com­pat­i­ble prod­ucts cou­pled with project man­age­ment skills help cus­tomers re­al­ize quick­ly the best re­turns on their in­vest­ments. Any­graaf strives first and fore­most to be the strate­gic part­ner to her cus­tomers. When cus­tomers sys­tems func­tion ef­fi­cient­ly and they thrive, so does Anay­graaf.

”With the merg­er, Lehti­me­dia’s sys­tems were up­dat­ed to match those in use else­where in the Group. The choice was easy as both par­ties had a long his­to­ry of co­op­er­a­tion with Any­graaf. On the Sanoma side the ed­i­to­r­i­al sys­tem Doris had been in use and there was al­so ex­pe­ri­ence with CProf­it, the dis­tri­b­u­tion sys­tem from Any­graaf. On the ad side we were us­ing an old Atex sys­tem which was near­ing the end of its life­cy­cle. A nat­ur­al step was to up­grade it to Any­graaf’s AProf­it sys­tem”, says the CIO of Kaakon Vi­estin­tä, Lasse Palmi­nen.

A tight sched­ule

All the changes were sched­uled am­bi­tious­ly, which set great de­mands on the ex­pert or­ga­ni­za­tions on both the cus­tomer and sup­pli­er side. The whole sys­tems in­te­gra­tion project was to be fin­ished in sev­en months. The whole un­der­tak­ing be­gan in May 2014 and con­sist­ed of 105 sep­a­rate projects.

All the projects were con­clud­ed by the end of the year. Every one of the ten strong Kaakon Vi­estin­tä ICT team led on av­er­age ten projects each. This kind of squeeze re­quires skill and a com­mit­ted man­age­ment team. The swift con­clu­sion of projects meant less time with over­lap­ping sys­tem and the dou­bled costs as­so­ci­at­ed with them.

”A suc­cess­ful project re­lies on open­ness. You tell your sup­pli­er what you are do­ing and what you re­al­ly want, what is the ob­jec­tive and what is im­por­tant. Our col­lab­o­ra­tion with Any­graaf went well and our con­fi­dence in them re­mained high through­out”, says Palmi­nen.

”Trust stems from both par­ties mak­ing good on their promis­es and be­ing on sched­ule, but al­so from the sup­pli­ers abil­i­ty to un­der­stand what the cus­tomer needs, even if not every­thing has been spec­i­fied to the last dec­i­mal. In our case the project’s sched­ule and bud­get held and our co­op­er­a­tion with Any­graaf re­mains sol­id”, con­tin­ues Palmi­nen.

In­dus­try ex­per­tise is key

In­dus­try ex­per­tise has been cru­cial in tight ex­e­cu­tion sched­ules. The fact that Any­graaf is a rec­og­nized ex­pert in pub­lish­ing was an im­por­tant fac­tor Kaakon Vi­estin­tä’s choice of part­ner.

”In­dus­try ex­per­tise was vi­tal for our project. Any­graaf knows every de­tail of the process of pub­lish­ing a news­pa­per”, says Palmi­nen.

Mod­ern sys­tems are more than a col­lec­tion of dif­fer­ent prod­ucts. To­geth­er they form a wide­ly com­pat­i­ble, mod­u­lar sys­tem. A cus­tomer’s sys­tem can be built one block at a time. Any­graaf’s prod­ucts are ca­pa­ble of han­dling sev­er­al prod­ucts and chan­nels. The sys­tem is com­plete­ly open and trans­par­ent. Thanks to this, re­source man­age­ment is more ef­fi­cient and this re­sults in cost sav­ings. In the case of Kaakon Vi­estin­tä, the ed­i­to­r­i­al plan­ning can be done in one place, nor­mal­ly for three prod­ucts but at times for up to nine pub­li­ca­tions at the same time.

Ben­e­fits of com­pat­i­ble sys­tems

”In our case the best fea­ture of Any­graaf’s prod­ucts is that the ad and ed­i­to­r­i­al sys­tems are cre­at­ed to func­tion seam­less­ly to­geth­er. The fact that our dis­tri­b­u­tion and cus­tomer ser­vice sys­tems be­long to the same fam­i­ly of prod­ucts does no harm ei­ther”, mus­es Palmi­nen.

Ac­cord­ing to Palmi­nen, a strate­gic part­ner­ship with Any­graaf is re­al­i­ty.

”When all your pa­pers, me­dia pro­duc­tion, cus­tomer ser­vice and dis­tri­b­u­tion run on one ven­dors sys­tems and that part­ner­ship de­liv­ers tan­gi­ble re­sults - that’s what I call a re­al strate­gic part­ner­ship”, sums Palmi­nen and smiles.